A Japanese TV programme researches into how to make an egg bomb.

In Japan there are many TV programmes that could be labelled as "variety/vaudeville". They are entertainment programmes of various kinds: talk shows, comic scripts, and other ones inviting viewers to participate.

Tantei (which means detective) Night Scoop is one of the latter, and it’s been broadcasting weekly for more than 20 years. The set recreates some detective’s office.

Women demand their place among gadget consumers and they are asking for design... Girls know best!

Divine, an elegant Mp3 design

According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) women accounted for more than half the yearly spend on technology. Looking at the American market, as being quite representative in the industry, 34,000 million euros out of the total 60,000 spent yearly in consumer-electronics come out from women’s pockets.

Also, feminine influence turns out decisive for 89% of consumer-electronics purchases. Take good notice of that sirs! Girls have the last word and, to top it all, generally they are quite more critical than men.

Plenty of choices for consumer-electronics gift giving; great looks and design for advanced she-users

The GPS you were looking for your car

We take a look again at statistics and now we notice an in-company research at Philips (they know what they’re talking about) which states that 98% of women believe that design is a key deciding factor when making a purchase.

That’s the reason why the Dutch company has formed an alliance with the Swarovski brand to design a range of products clearly aimed for women.

Haven’t they realized yet that not every women like pink?

Gadgets in Pink

Pink colour has always been associated with "femininity" and despite now being often used indiscriminately both by men and women, back in the 60s it was a women’s only colour. The old cliché: "boys in blue, girls in pink."

There are women who like a pink gadget, although there’s a much bigger percentage of them who prefer different colours. According to Saatchi & Saatchi, only 9% of female consumers think that pink colour contributes to make a product more attractive.

‘Cause women know how important accessories could be when showing off style

Mobile phone sleeves, specially designed for women

The world of fashion accessories has always attracted women, now all the more reason to let yourself be seduced. There are so many gadgets to decorate, organize, protect and store!... Customizing portable devices with different accessories becomes a fascinating consumerism exercise. And there’s no stop to keep widening the range of gift ideas for the femmes.

So very odd and unusual that you are not bound to bump into them in your local village carnival or charity ruffle

You won’t be needing a microscope to find the cause of your calamities

If you want to flabbergast your friends, give them a giant mad cow virus; they will freak out a little while learning about the calamity that was driving British people and their cattle “mad” some ten years ago.

The most infectious plush toys come in the shape of the Ebola virus, a flesh eating streptococcus, a fat cell -adipocyte-… Now it’s possible to cuddle a rhinovirus –only a million times actual size– while you get to learn all about the common cold.

Road-killed, stabbed by scissors, devoured by a shark, depicted as zombies… Who said that plush toys were corny?

He might not be willing to taste a carrot again

Anyone captivated by blood, the dead and macabre jokes, please be informed there’s now a wide range of stuffed toys worthy of any terror movie. If you want your room to look like the Museum of Horrors, choose any of the stuffed toys we’re proposing and start trembling!. The days of the loving and dull plush toys are numbered.